About

Polypodium cambricum Pulcherrimum Group produces the elegant, deeply lobed or finely divided, bright-green fronds characteristic of the finest Welsh polypody selections. An ornamental fern for a shaded, moist, sheltered border.

About the genus

Polypodium, the polypodies, are mostly evergreen or semi-evergreen ferns with creeping rhizomes and simple, deeply pinnatifid or pinnate, leathery fronds. Grown in shaded, moist, sheltered positions in borders, walls and on tree stumps.

Plant details

Suggested usesShade gardens, woodland, containers.

Care notes

CultivationPlant in moist, humus-rich soil in shade.
PruningRemove old fronds in spring.
PropagationPropagate by division, cuttings, or seed.
Pest resistanceGenerally pest-free.
Disease resistanceGenerally disease-resistant.